More competent competition is definitely good. I haven’t looked into this enough to have an informed discussion about whether or not I think this is a competent attempt, and even then waiting to experience it on the hardware itself is probably the best way to assess that.

Could they have tried any harder to make it look like an iPhone? Aren’t there any designers who have integrity and self-respect any more? What kind of bizarro world have I found myself in where Microsoft’s designers are leading the pack in alternatives to iOS?